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The Dacono Files Part 2: The Road Less Traveled

July 15, 2023 Like 0 Robert Davis

How a scuffle over grant funding for a highway project led to the termination of Dacono’s city manager. Homes aren’t the only thing that growing cities need. They also need well-maintained roads to help move people and resources in and…

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Engaging the Senses with Sensatia!

July 12, 2023 Like 0 Sam Gilstrap

Seductive, scintillating, “Sensatia!” A night the 5 senses won’t soon forget opened in RiNo on June 16th. Housed within the former bones of Epic Brewing, Quixotic’s latest offering pulls you in with urgent live music, awe inspiring dancing, and powerful…

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Colorado’s wildflower season should be one of the best ever, but it might come later than usual

July 10, 2023 Like 0 Guest Contributor

Forest Service botanist: Above-average snow and precipitation means ‘a lot more flowers this summer’ Robert Tann – Summit Daily News (Via AP Storyshare) While Colorado’s Front Range is seeing the peak of wildflower bloom, the High Country is patiently waiting…

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Crossing State Lines to Get an Abortion in Colorado

July 10, 2023 Like 0 Zoe Jennings

For her safety, we changed Valerie Ticone’s name in the story. YS will refer to people instead of just women when writing about abortion. According to the American Civil Liberties Union: “The more expansive and more accurate answer is anyone…

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First commercially available ‘smart guns’ are available for sale in the US

July 9, 2023 Like 0 Guest Contributor

By Dylan Simard, KUNC (Via AP Storyshare) At first glance, the Biofire Smart Gun is different from other firearms. The large handgun looks part Halo, part Cyberpunk in design. It’s an appropriate look since the gun is made with new…

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The Dacono Files Part 1: No Access on Andrews

July 7, 2023 Like 0 Robert Davis

This is Part 1 of a Series on the forces behind the removal of Dacono City Manager A.J. Euckert. Read the rest of the series here. How a small group of neighbors became an influential force against residential developments in…

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The Dacono Files

July 7, 2023 1 0 Robert Davis

A four-part series examining the powerful forces that ousted Dacono’s city manager and sent the city into turmoil. On February 13, former Dacono City Manager A.J. Euckert was sworn into the regularly scheduled city council meeting where he would receive…

Nelson's Corner

No Flag For Me

July 7, 2023 Like 0 Steve Nelson

The 4th of July passed with little fanfare in the Nelson house; pizza lunch with our kids and grandkids (minus one adventurous vagabond) and to bed before the local fireworks began. The 4th never drew reverence, as the shortcomings in…

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When Heroes Fade

July 6, 2023 2 0 Nicholas Bernhard

It was 2002, and I was the youngest person at the book signing. That’s probably why, out of the large crowd gathered at the Tattered Cover that day, Scott Adams picked the eleven-year-old with his hand raised. “What is the…

A Bookseller's Diary

Dead Man’s Books

July 6, 2023 Like 0 Dan Danbom

We get to know a lot of people after it’s too late to meet them. Their books tell me who they were. Go into a stranger’s house and look at their books, and you’ll come as close as possible to…